Game-board.



No. 703,97l. Y Patented July I, I902.

s SCHMID GAME BOARD. Application filed June 27, 1 0

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Patented July I, I902. S. SCHMID. GAME BOARD. (Application filed June27, 1901.)

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9 Z Z Z Z M J/WM UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

SOPHIE SOI-IMID, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EMERSONINGALLS, OF OAKPARK, ILLINOIS.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '703,9"7 1, dated July1, 1902. Application iiled 111116211901; serinnaaaos. (NomtdeL) To allwhom, it may concern: 7 7

Be it known that I, SOPHIE SCHMID,a citizen of the United States, and aresident of. Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of 'Illlf nois,have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Game-Boards; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to a game-board and gameplayable thereon by means of a spinning-top or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple device bymeans of which a plurality of players may use the board at the sametime.

The invention consists of the matters here inafter described, and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figur'e'l is a view of a Trec-' (angular boardor trayembodying rny'inv'ention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of agate designed for excluding the top orball from a portion of the board. I

In said drawings, A indicates aboard or table, surrounded on itsperiphery with an,

upwardly-extending flange or side wall, (indicated by Ct a (1 Withinsaid side walls are provided partitions extending across or partlyacross the board and dividing. the same into a plurality ofcompartments. Said partitions, as indicated by b b b in Fig. 1, areprovided with apertures extending therethrough, which conform generallywith the shape of aball or top B, used in playing the game, which permitthe same to pass there through. As shown in Fig.1, a central compartmentis provided on said-board having its side walls apertured, as beforedescribed, adapted to receive a ball or top therein. Oy-

lindric pins 0 c are placed on end on the board or table and aredistributed over the surface thereof and in said compartments, aspreferred, and when knocked down or displaced 1 time.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 isa planView ofa board by the motion of the'top B count or score in the'game. Asshownin Fig. 1, the top comprises a'ball supported on a cylindric pin ofconsiderable length, thereby elevating the center of gravityIto aconsiderable height above said tray or board and insuring a wideamplitudeof movement of the top when spinning. Preferably in spinningthe top a slit located at a, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided in one ofthe side Walls, and a small recess, as indicated in Fig. 2, is formed onthe inner side of theside wall to receive the ball. A cord may be usedin a familiar manner to produce the rotation of the top. In the formillustrated in Fig. 3 said slits and recesses are provided on the innerwallD. As shown, three such slits are shown, thereby enabling threeplayers to engage in the game at one The retaining-walls cl arepreferably not apertured in the forms herein shown and whichareapertured, as before described.

.Aperturesare provided in the wall D on each side of said partition,opening into said compartments between each sidewall d and its partition01, so that in spinning the top within the compartment inclosed by thewalls D the same may pass freely to any one of the lateral compartmentsand may pass back and forth through the partition or out again.

The pins are used in this form of construction, as before described.

The form illustrated in Fig. 4 shows a central compartment inclosed byan apertured wall or partition E and a plurality of compartmentssurrounding and opening into the samesimilar to the compartmentsillustrated in Fig. 3. In this construction, however, the

side walls 6, corresponding with the side walls din Fig. 3, areapertured to permit the top to pass therethrough. A plurality of slotsare provided in the side wall E and recesses provided on the inner sidethereof to permit a plurality of persons to play the board. The pins 0are used as before described.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 5 the board or table is rectangular,similar to that shown in Fig. 1, and slits are provided centrally ineach of the side walls, as at F, to receive the top with its string.Apertured partitions extend from each side of each of the slots ingame,the top (illustrated byB in Fig. 1) may be spun. Each pin knocked down,in spin- 'ning may constitute a count in making up the score, the amountof the count varying with the location of the pin. Each compartment mayalso represent a count, and the central compartment may afford thehighest count on the board, or it may in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5constitute an adverse count, or, in other words, a reduction from thescore should the ball of the player enter the same. In the constructionsillustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, which are more particularly designedfor a plurality'of players, when the top or ball of one of the playersenters a given compartment the gate G is used to exclude the top or ballon an adverse player entering the same compartment until the ball of thefirst player has escaped therefrom. In this manner-a number of playersmay operate at the board at the same time, each being free to permit hisball or top to pass into any compartment not then occupied by an adverseplayer. The count of the game is as before the game, and other methodsof spinning the top may be employed without departing from the principleof my invention, and many details may be modified without departing fromthe principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. In a device of the kind described, agameboard comprising a plane table, slitted marginal walls surroundingthe same, intersecting vertical partitions having apertures thereinlarger at the top than at the bottom and adapted to permit the passageof a spinningtop therethrough, and means whereby the top of one playermay be excluded from a compartment containing the top of another.

2. In a device of the kind described the combination of a plane table ofvertical marginal walls surrounding the same, intersecting verticalpartitions dividing the board into a plurality of compartments andprovided with a plurality of apertures adapted to permit the passage ofa spinning top therethrough, means for closing one compartment withrespect to the others and' pins located on said board and within thecompartments formed by the partitions adapted to be displaced by thespinning-top or the like, thereby affording the count or score.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

I SOPHIE SOHMID. In presence of O. W. HILLS,

EMERSON INGALLS.

